4 comments:

Yup,the SF Chronicle had a full page ad yesterday for their hospital "compare" rankings. I know $1.9 million is like pennies to the government, but don't they know we are in a recession? Well, at least it keeps the newspapers alive a little longer by adding to their ad revenue.

how much do doctors' unions spend along with device makers and drug companies as legal drug pushers when viewers of the ads dont even have a say in what drug or device they get?

doctors who blog about these topics are violating their oaths and should have been lawyers and hate the fact they are doctors so they sit arent whining through blogging now, instead of catching up on how best to save their patients...your blog is a symbol of everything that is wrong about healthcare, and the institution you work for who allows you to continue writing how you care more about money than your oath, is equally guilty.

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Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC is a board certified internist, cardiologist, and cardiac electrophysiologist (doctor specializing in heart rhythm disorders) practicing at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, IL, USA and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine. He entered the blog-o-sphere in November, 2005.
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